samaritan
samaritan Lexical Profile
samaritan Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A charitable or helpful person who unselfishly aids others in distress (often in the phrase 'Good Samaritan').
"A passing Samaritan stopped on the highway to help us change our flat tire in the pouring rain."
A native or inhabitant of ancient Samaria, or a member of an ethnoreligious group of the Levant descending from the ancient Israelites who adheres to a form of Judaism based solely on the Pentateuch.
"The Samaritans continue to observe their ancient Passover rituals on Mount Gerizim."
The dialect of Hebrew or Aramaic historically used by the Samaritans for liturgical and literary purposes.
"Scholars compared the Dead Sea Scrolls with texts written in liturgical Samaritan."
• adjective
Relating to Samaria, its people, their ancient Hebrew dialect, or their religious traditions.
"The museum acquired a rare Samaritan manuscript dating back to the twelfth century."
• Rhymes for samaritan
Word Origin & Etymology
From Late Latin Samaritanus, from Ancient Greek Samareites ('an inhabitant of Samaria'), derived from Hebrew Shomron. The modern sense of a charitable helper alludes to the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:30–37, in which a traveler from Samaria aids a beaten stranger who had been ignored by others.